Sivio’s POV

If she was alive, why didn’t she stay married to my father, and why did she want me to think she was dead?

Who was she afraid of?

I was always hunted since I was a child, and my father sent me away to protect me.

I had sworn my children wouldn’t have to face the same thing I faced, but now their lives were on the line.

Why would I send them away and have them think of another man as their father?

What if they hate me, like I hated my father because I couldn’t understand him? When he sent me into the army, I thought...